Total Crime Rate

169.1 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 169.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 87.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.5 9/10
  • Drugs 11.7 9/10
  • Other crime 11.7 10/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fairfield Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Heysham Central , and the 78th highest crime rate of 477 local areas in Lancaster .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fairfield Road (LA3 1ER) in the last 12 months was 169.1 per 1,000 residents and was 105.3% higher than the Heysham Central average (82.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (β‰ˆ 32.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -54.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fairfield Road (LA3 1ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dalton Road, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harrington Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Fairfield Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cavendish Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cavendish Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Halden Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Halden Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grays Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harrington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harrington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hampton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cavendish Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norton Drive β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cavendish Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cavendish Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cavendish Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cavendish Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cavendish Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cavendish Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Granville Road β€”
Sep 2025Burglary St John'S Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mears Beck Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mears Beck Close β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mears Beck Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rydal Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norton Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dalton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mears Beck Close β€”

Data Sources

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